Hello, Rusinga Island Dog Rescue Shelter is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and successfully adopting dogs into loving families. We also provide community education and veterinary services, including sterilization.
What category best describes your hosting arrangement? 🏡
- Private/Individual/family
Location – Where is your volunteer project located?🌏
- Rusinga Island, Homabay County… Kenya – see on Google Maps. 📍
What are you looking for help with?
- Animal keeping 🐓🐴
- Building 🛠
- Charity Work/Fundraising 💰
- Computer/Web 💻
- Film-Making 🎥
- Health/Medical/Assistance 👩⚕️🩺
What’s the mission of your community? 🎯
To reduce animal suffering and promote a good human-animal understanding, reduce stray dogs through sterilization, adoption and educate the community on animal rights.
Volunteers’ age restrictions 🔞
- We can host volunteers of all ages (senior volunteers and minors are welcome) 💪
Volunteers with disabilities ♿
- Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate volunteers with disabilities ♿❌
Note about the restrictions ✍
The hosting facilities are not well-equipped for disabled persons
How many volunteers could you host? 🎎
- More than two
When do you usually need volunteers? 📅
- To help with the project activities, especially fieldwork and taking care of the animals
How many hours of help per day? ⏱
- 6 hours of help per day
How many days of help per week? 🌒
- 5 days per week – 2 days off
Note about the volunteer work and other expectations 📝
We have a rescue kennel, mostly dog food preparation, cleaning the dog, veterinary appointments, playing and training the dogs, community outreach for education and follow-up of at-risk animals
Are accommodation and food included? 🏠🍜
- Yes, we offer food and accommodation
What type of accommodation can you provide? 🏕
- Private Room 🔑
Diet – nutrition information 🥗🥤
- We cater for all including vegans
Fee transparency 🆓🔍
We offer free hospitality for our volunteers, including food and accommodation. However, as a small organization, any donation you can provide would be greatly appreciated. All proceeds go towards improving the kennel and catering to the dogs’ needs, such as food, shampoos, and veterinary appointments. Donations also help facilitate our fieldwork.
VISA SUPPORT – Are you able to assist with visa support, and information, or provide invitation letters? 🛂
- Yes, we can help with Visa/invitation letters ✅
Volunteers’ benefits 🏆🏅
Working with animals is always a life-changing experience, you learn patience, empathy and loyalty…also the interaction between the volunteers and the community an opportunity to experience different cultures
What are the available activities during free time? 🚴🚣🦒
Swimming on Lake Victoria, hiking, fishing, bird watching, safari to see wild animals in the local game reserves
Language 🗣🇬🇧
English
Geography 🌳
Island tropic weather, cool Lake Victoria breeze…lots of hills and green vegetation
How to get to your site ✈ 🗺
You can use a bus or plane from Nairobi to Rusinga island
Is there internet access? 🌐
Yes!
“Paying guests” Option. Could you accommodate “solidarity” tourists? 🎎
Yes, we can accommodate eco/responsible tourists & paying guests 👌
CONTACT DETAILS 🔍📧
Mobile number/WhatsApp: +254707720398
Rusinga Island Dog Rescue Shelter: Instagram page
Hostname 📛Emmanuel sosi mikaye
Host Email ✉ sossy.emmanuel361@gmail.com
See more volunteering opportunities in Kenya 🇰🇪
Go to the Animal Shelters section 🐾